HUMANITIES ELECTIVES FOR LAW STUDENTS
We are happy for Law advisors to sign Law undergrad students into almost any of our courses based on the pre-requisite constraints in our handbook.
I include over the page the tables of first year courses, sorted by entry requirements and timetable slot, which I make available to our Humanities first-years in orientation; this may be of use when advising students of their various options when they are new to the subjects.
· This is an updated version which is modified for particular constraints applying to Law students. You will obviously need to check the handbook for senior courses.
· This list is also useful because it excludes the programme-specific courses (Social Work, Performing/Creative Arts) which are only available to students in those specific programmes. Anything in these lists below is a viable elective, the non-available programme courses are not reflected.
· Please note that Humanities has stringent restrictions on timetable clashes, and will not usually authorise students wishing to register for courses in the same slot; very few of our subjects are set up for recorded lectures to be available online.
Changes from previous years:
You may wish to note the following recent tweaks to the timetable/course offerings, which could trip you up if you go by previous years’ rules:
· HST1005F, Making of the Modern World Economy, has been discontinued and is not on offer this year.
· Politics first-year courses are not available to students outside the major, therefore are not available as Law electives.
· Psychology has relaxed its first-year entrance requirements to require Mathematics or proficient NBT QL only, i.e. they are no longer assessing points.
· REL1014F, Thinking About Religion in the Social Sciences, is not running this year.
· Social Work has moved one of its first year courses in to the first semester, so it now has one F and one S course, both scheduled in 4th period.
Senior courses without stringent entry requirements.
It may help for advising purposes to be aware of particular subjects which are a bit vague and hand-wavy on senior course entrance requirements, and may thus be useful for students in difficulty who need a senior credit at short notice.
· Classics. The major in Classical Studies does not have first-year requirements, and entry into many of its second-year courses requires only second-year status.
· History. Second-year History courses other than the core major course HST2040F require only 2 or more courses in “historical, social science or cultural studies”, i.e. almost anything we offer except languages.
· Philosophy. Second-year Philosophy courses other than the core major course PHI2041S and PHI2044F Philosophy of Maths require only second-year status.
· Gender Studies and African Studies. Second-year Gender Studies courses and AXL2200S require only second-year status.
First-year courses with no entrance requirementsFIRST SEMESTER (Lecture period in brackets) / SECOND SEMESTER (Lecture period in brackets)
AXL1400F / Words, Deeds, Bones And Things (1st) / AXL1401S / Intro to the Social Anthropology of Development and Difference (1st)
ELL1013F
REL1002F / English Literary Studies (2nd)
Religions Past And Present (2nd) / ELL1016S
REL1006S / English Literary Studies II (2nd)
Judaism, Christianity and Islam (2nd)
AXL1300F
DRM1027F
HST1013F
PHI1025F
SLL1057F / Introduction To Language Studies (3rd)
Intro To Theatre And Performance A (3rd)
Worlds in Contact (3rd)
Critical Thinking (3rd)
Ancient Egypt (3rd) / AXL1301S
DRM1028S
HST1014S / Intro To Applied Language Studies (3rd)
Intro To Theatre And Performance B (3rd)
Worlds in Collision (3rd)
SOC1001F
SWK1013S / Introduction to Sociology (4th or 6th)
Community Connections (4th) / SLL1097S
SOC1005S
SWK1004S / Introducing Ancient History (4th)
Individual and Society (4th or 6th)
Basic Professional Interaction (4th)
FIN1006F
PHI1024F SLL1002F / The Emergence of Modernity (5th)
Introduction to Philosophy (5th)
Word Power (5th) / AXL1100S
FIN1009S
PHI1010S
SLL1002S / Understanding Gender (5th)
Images in Conflict (5th)
Ethics (5th)
Word Power (5th or 8th)
AXL1201F
SLL1054F
SOC1001F / Representations of Africa (6th)
The World of Odysseus (6th)
Introduction to Sociology (4th or 6th) / SLL1055S
SOC1005S / Intro to Classical Literature & Thought (6th)
Individual and Society (4th or 6th)
*SLL1002S / *Word Power (5th or 8th)
First-year courses with additional entrance requirements
Code / Course title / Entrance requirements (see handbook for details)
First semester
PSY1004F / Intro to Psychology Part I (1st or 5th) / 50% on Mathematics (NSC) OR 70% on the NBT QL score.
NBT QL 54-69%: must register concurrently for MAM1014 and MAM1016. No Maths or NBT: must pass MAM courses before registering for PSY.
Second semester
PSY1005S
SLL1046S / Intro to Psychology Part II (1st or 5th)
Afrikaans Media: Theory, History, Practice (5th) / PSY1004F
Afrikaans at Matric, see handbook for details
· AXL1200S, Africa: Culture, Identity and Globalisation has a smaller credit value than the standard, 8 instead of 18, I have removed it from the list because I don’t think it really applies to Law students. (It’s designed for Engineers). Point them towards the second-year version instead.
· Film and Media courses (any FAM code) are NOT available as electives to non-Humanities students, the department has space constraints.
· Drama courses may be a little tricky for timetabling purposes, as they require a full afternoon’s practical per week in addition to the scheduled lectures. There is, however, no reason Law students can’t take the Drama courses if they can make the timetable work.
· FIN1009S, Images in Conflict is taught on the Hiddingh campus in the second semester, students may wish to be aware of the travel time implications when planning a timetable.
Language CoursesLanguage Courses open to students who have never studied the language before
(NB students must do the A course before they can do the B course. Lecture periods are in brackets).
SLL1022F / Sesotho Communication 1A (1st) / SLL1023S / Sesotho Communication 1B (1st)
SLL1016S / #Sotho Additional A (=SLL1022F) (2nd)
SLL1075F / Initial Portuguese A (1st) / SLL1076S / Initial Portuguese B (1st)
SLL1060F / Initial French A (2nd or 5th) / SLL1061S / Initial French B (2nd or 5th)
SLL1131F / Isixhosa Language & Literature Studies 1A (2nd) / SLL1132S / Isixhosa Language & Literature Studies 1B (2nd)
SLL1101F / Xhosa Communication 1A (3rd) / SLL1102S / Xhosa Communication 1B (3rd)
SLL1018S / #Xhosa Additional A (=SLL1101F) (3rd)
SLL1042F / Afrikaans Intensive A (4th) / SLL1042S / #Afrikaans Intensive A (4th)
SLL1121F / Initial Mandarin A (4th or 8th) / SLL1122S / Initial Mandarin B (4th or 8th)
SLL1082F / Hebrew Intensive A (5th) / SLL1083S / Hebrew Intensive B (5th)
SLL1062F / German Studies IA (5th) / SLL1063S / German Studies IB (5th)
SLL1064F / Italian Intensive A (6th) / SLL1065S / Italian Intensive B (6th)
SLL1050F / Latin IA (7th) / SLL1051S / Latin IB (7th)
SLL1058F / Initial Arabic A (8th) / SLL1059S / Initial Arabic B (8th)
SLL1052F / Greek IA (8th) / SLL1053S / Greek IB (8th)
SLL1073F / Initial Spanish A (8th) / SLL1074S / Initial Spanish B (8th)
Language courses open to students who have passed a language at NSC/Matric or equivalent
(NB students must do the A course before they can do the B course. Please see handbook for detailed entrance requirements)
SLL1131F / IsiXhosa Language & Literature Studies 1A (2nd) / SLL1132S / IsiXhosa Language & Literature Studies 1B (2nd)
SLL2073F
SLL2040F
SLL2060F
SLL2050F
SLL2101F
SLL2062F
SLL2082F
SLL2064F
SLL2075F / Spanish IIA (2nd)
Afrikaans IIA (3rd)
French Language And Literature IIA (3rd)
Latin IIA (4th)
IsiXhosa Communication IIA (4th)
German Studies IIA (4th)
Hebrew Language And Literature IIA (4th)
Italian IIA (5th)
Portuguese IIA (6th) / SLL2074S SLL2041S
SLL2061S
SLL2051S
SLL2102S
SLL2063S
SLL2083S
SLL2065S
SLL2076S / Spanish IIB (2nd)
Afrikaans IIB (3rd)
French Language And Literature IIB (3rd)
Latin IIB (2nd)
IsiXhosa Communication IIB (4th)
German Studies IIB (4th)
Hebrew Language And Literature IIB (4th)
Italian IIB (5th)
Portuguese IIB (6th)
# these courses are repeats of the first semester A course, and will not count as a credit in addition to that course. NB there is no longer an Afrikaans Intensive B course.
· Xhosa Communication 1 (SLL1101F, SLL 1102S) are initial Xhosa courses designed for students who do not speak the language: students who are Xhosa-speaking at home, or whose home language is a related Nguni tongue (Zulu, Swati, Ndebele) should NOT be permitted to register. They should take the Isixhosa Language & Literature Studies courses instead.
o Sesotho is not an Nguni language, so native Sesotho speakers can take Xhosa Communication, and Xhosa speakers can take Sesotho Communication.
· European languages courses (French, Italian, German, etc) first-year courses are for students who have never studies the language before. Students with Matric or equivalent in a subject go straight into the second-year course.
o Some students present with some language proficiency which is not Matric-level, or not formalised. They may be admitted to higher level language courses after assessment by the Head of Section for that language, who will sign a concession form granting access to the appropriate course for their level of proficiency.